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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.118
জলক্রীড়া করি’ কৈলা বন্য-ভোজনে ।
দেখি’ আমি প্রলাপ কৈলুঁ — হেন লয় মনে ।।” ১১৮ ।। ॥ ১১৮ ॥
jala-krīḍā kari’ kailā vanya-bhojane
dekhi’ āmi pralāpa kailuṅ — hena laya mane”
“After sporting in the water, Kṛṣṇa enjoyed a picnic. I can understand that after seeing this I must certainly have talked like a madman.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described Kṛṣṇa sporting in the water.
After the water pastimes, Kṛṣṇa enjoyed a picnic.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu understood that after seeing these pastimes He must have spoken like a madman.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
The mood of Antya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After some inquiries, Svarūpa Dāmodara could understand that the fisherman had caught Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in his net. Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarūpa Dāmodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, which immediately pacified him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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How does His explanation clarify the unusual speech His companions heard?
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